The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... also a talent for Latin verfification , by fuch compofitions as few of his standing could equal . Mr. Jordan taking advan- tage , therefore , of a tranfgreffion of this his pupil , the abfenting himself from early prayers , imposed on ...
... also a talent for Latin verfification , by fuch compofitions as few of his standing could equal . Mr. Jordan taking advan- tage , therefore , of a tranfgreffion of this his pupil , the abfenting himself from early prayers , imposed on ...
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... also been recorded in publi- cations variously denominated , particularly , in a work , entitled the Political State of Great Britain , begin- ning with the year 1711 , and compiled by the well known Abel Boyer . In this are contained ...
... also been recorded in publi- cations variously denominated , particularly , in a work , entitled the Political State of Great Britain , begin- ning with the year 1711 , and compiled by the well known Abel Boyer . In this are contained ...
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... also rendered famous by having been the dwelling - place of Mr. Henry Welby , a gentleman of whom it is related in a printed nar- rative that he lived there forty years without being feen of any . or or immoral books and pamphlets , as ...
... also rendered famous by having been the dwelling - place of Mr. Henry Welby , a gentleman of whom it is related in a printed nar- rative that he lived there forty years without being feen of any . or or immoral books and pamphlets , as ...
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... also a phyfician ; the former af- fumed the name Bavius , and the latter Mævius . Its firft publication was in January , 1730 , and it meeting with encouragement , Cave projected an improvement there- on in a pamphlet of his own , and ...
... also a phyfician ; the former af- fumed the name Bavius , and the latter Mævius . Its firft publication was in January , 1730 , and it meeting with encouragement , Cave projected an improvement there- on in a pamphlet of his own , and ...
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... also a friend of captain Garrick , who had tor fome time been refident at Lichfield , and , by con- fequence , of Mr. David Garrick , his fon . His cha- racter is fo well pourtrayed by Johnson , and reprefents in fuch lively colours his ...
... also a friend of captain Garrick , who had tor fome time been refident at Lichfield , and , by con- fequence , of Mr. David Garrick , his fon . His cha- racter is fo well pourtrayed by Johnson , and reprefents in fuch lively colours his ...
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